Salvia evansiana
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Salvia evansiana is a perennial plant
that is native to Sichuan
and Yunnan
provinces in China, found growing on alpine meadows, hillsides, and forests at elevations from 3400 to 4300 m (11,154.9 to 14,107.6 ft). It has erect stems growing 13 to 45 cm (5.1 to 17.7 in) tall, with ovate
to triangular-ovate leaves that are 2 to 11 cm (0.78740157480315 to 4.3 in) long and 1 to 11 cm (0.393700787401575 to 4.3 in) wide.
Inflorescences are raceme
s or panicle
s that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a straight corolla that is 2.6 to 3.5 cm (1 to 1.4 in) long.
There are two varieties, with slight differences in bract and calyx size. The most notable difference is in the color of the corolla: Salvia evansiana var. evansiana has a flower that is blue-purple, with some yellow at the base. Salvia evansiana var. scaposa has a white or cream-yellow flower.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
that is native to Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
and Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
provinces in China, found growing on alpine meadows, hillsides, and forests at elevations from 3400 to 4300 m (11,154.9 to 14,107.6 ft). It has erect stems growing 13 to 45 cm (5.1 to 17.7 in) tall, with ovate
Leaf shape
In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...
to triangular-ovate leaves that are 2 to 11 cm (0.78740157480315 to 4.3 in) long and 1 to 11 cm (0.393700787401575 to 4.3 in) wide.
Inflorescences are raceme
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
s or panicle
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
s that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a straight corolla that is 2.6 to 3.5 cm (1 to 1.4 in) long.
There are two varieties, with slight differences in bract and calyx size. The most notable difference is in the color of the corolla: Salvia evansiana var. evansiana has a flower that is blue-purple, with some yellow at the base. Salvia evansiana var. scaposa has a white or cream-yellow flower.